Requested Guests

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As I mention in Show 19, here’s the list of requested guests from listeners. It’s not complete yet, but as I dig back through old emails and the survey from last year, I’ll update it. Feel free to add to it in the comments and I’ll drop those names in to the list.

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A GUARANTEE OF UPCOMING GUESTS. IT IS ONLY A WISH LIST OF NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY LISTENERS.

Roger Allers
Tony Anselmo
Xavier Atencio
Frederic Bach
Hans Bacher
Carlos Baena
Dale Baer – DONE!
Ralph Bakshi
James Baxter – DONE!
Bobby “Boom” Beck
Nancy Beiman
Mike Belzer
Bill Berg
Brad Bird
Ash Brannon
Don Bluth
Bruno Bozzetto
David Brewster
Chris Buck
Tim Burton
Hendel Butoy
John Canemaker
Brenda Chapman
Sylvain Chomet
Sandro Cleuzo
Anthony DeRosa
Pete Docter
Mark Dindal
Ken Duncan – DONE!
Will Finn
Tony Fucile
Terry Gilliam
Francis Glebas
Eric Goldberg – DONE!
Ed Gombert
Steven E. Gordon
Lenny Graves
Matt Groening
Don Hahn
Mark Henn
Jim Henson Muppetteers
Don Hertzfeldt
Stephen Hillenburg
Renee Holt
Jim Hull
Harley Jessup
Shawn Keller
Shawn Kelly
John Kricfalusi
Bill Kroyer
Vera Lanpher
John Lasseter
Caroline Leaf
Craig McCracken
Seth McFarlane
Duncan Marjoribanks
Bill Melendez
Uli Meyer
Rob Minkoff
Hayao Miyazaki
Scott Morse
Joe Moshier
Teddy Newton
Floyd Norman
Sergio Pablos
Nick Park
Bret Parker
Shannon Penner
Bill Plymton
John Pomeroy
Karen Prell
Ruben Procopio
Dave Pruiksma
Brothers Quay
Arthur Rankin Jr.
Lou Romano
Darrel Rooney
Carlos Saldanha
Chris Sanders
Bruce Smith
Pat Smith
Pete Sohn
Michael Sporn
Jan Svankmajer
Doug Sweetland
Genndy Tartakovsky
Bruce Timm
Gary Trousdale
Daryl Van Citters
Will Vinton
Frans Vischer
Dan Wagner
Steve Wahl
Chris Wedge
Richard Williams
Wallace Williamson
Kirk Wise
Ellen Woodbury
Nate Wragg
Kathy Zielinski

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89 responses to “Requested Guests”

July 17, 2007

Avri

Chris Sanders
Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale
Don Bluth

–
These are my top choices.
Keep up the good work!
(and hurry up with a johnston interview 🙂 he isn’t getting any younger…)

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July 17, 2007

Sandro Cleuzo

Hi Clay,

Don’t forget our pal, Joe Moshier. It would make a great interview.
Best.
Sandro

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July 18, 2007

Amanda

While this is an undeniably cool lineup of possibilities… I wish there were more women in there. What about Kathy Zielinski (whom I mentioned quite some time back).

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July 20, 2007

Paul

Floyd Norman, Floyd Norman, Floyd Norman. One of the few guys around who’s worked in both of animation’s “golden ages”. Interview him NOW! :0)

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July 23, 2007

KI

Everyone on that list is tops for me. Especially Ollie Johnston and Don Bluth.

I see Genndy Tartakovsky—-nice pick for TV animation, but how about Bruce Timm??

He signficantly helped bring WB animation for the DC Comics characters into the modern age.

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July 24, 2007

AnimationPodcaster

Avri – Thanks for the sugs. Ollie has moved to Oregon and even if he still lived here, I’m not sure he’d be able to sit for an interview. Luckily, he’s one person who’s life and career has been well documented for us.

Sandro – Great one. 🙂 I’ll add you to the list as well. I know Joe would want that.

Amanda – You are so right. I haven’t avoided women in animation by any means, but I am actively trying to have at least one woman within the first 30 shows.

Paul – I’ve talked to Floyd off and on. We will do the interview when we get the chance.

Kl- Bruce Timm?? It’s funny how some names just stop me in my tracks because of their greatness. All the better reason to try to get him, right?

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August 1, 2007

Chelsea

Anthony de Rosa – He was a pleasure to work with on Curious George, unfortunately I was unable to speak with him on his animation experience. I’m sure that would be a fun interview along with…

David Brewster, Shannon Penner, John Pomeroy, Wallace Williamson, Steve Wahl, Frans Vischer, and Darrel Rooney

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August 8, 2007

Sakari

How about Steven E Gordon? He’s most known for X-men Evolution the series (and stripperella, I think). I’ve always been curious about how animated television shows get developed.

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August 8, 2007

Bianca

Hi Clay

Thank you so much for all your continuing efforts. They are more appreciated then you could ever know!

I was wondering if I could add “Hans Bacher’s” name to the list. It sounds like he has experienced so much in his life.

Thanks again ^^

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August 8, 2007

emma

Chris Sanders!

or

what about some of those hardworking korean animators off of the simpsons movie… lol…

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August 13, 2007

drew

I “second the motion” for Floyd Norman!

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August 21, 2007

John

Hey Clay,

I think it might be cool to interview:

Bobby “Boom” Beck
Carlos Baena
Shawn Kelly

The AnimationMentor.com guys! They are really changing the world for the next generation of animators! Myself included!

Thanks again!!!

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August 22, 2007

LightwaveDave

Dave Brewster! Always enjoyed just chatting ot flat out going head to head with Dave back in the older days of Animation Nation. I would love to hear Dave interviewed!

-Dave Adams
http://www.lwdave.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010880/

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August 22, 2007

Dan Siciliano

Xavier Atencio! He did great work on “Winnie the Pooh”, “Babes in Toyland”, “Mary Poppins” and “Fantasia” (an assistant animator) Wow!

And you can’t have Don Bluth without Gary Goldman, eh?

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August 27, 2007

Teresa.W

What about Tony Anselmo ? An animator and voice of Donald Duck. Now that’s a story i’d like to hear about.

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September 2, 2007

Dan Siciliano

Four more requests that people would want to hear

-Matt Groening (“Simpsons” fame)
-Stephen Hillenburg (Spongebob Squarepants” fame)
-Dale Baer (animator of “Yzma” and “Alameda Slim”)
-Bill Kroyer (“Fern Gully” fame)

Sorry for giving you so many requests, but I hope you know about these guys.

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September 6, 2007

emma

ok, i know that they aren’t strictly ‘animators’, but what about some of the puppeters over at jim henson? i think that they are often left uncategorised… they are actors, voice actors and animators. I think that it would be interesting in the sense that they are able to convey so much feeling, emotion and body language, in characters, so simple such as Kermit the Frog – beady eyes and stick arms. Just throwing that suggestion out there… also their way of lip syncing (as referenced in ‘The Animators Survival Kit (williams)) is interesting too.

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September 7, 2007

John

GREAT IDEA EMMA!

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November 23, 2007

Anthony

Don Hertzfeldt
Pat Smith
Bill Plymton

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November 27, 2007

Chelsea

I also wanted to mention to definitely ask Frans V. about what it was like to learn from Chuck Jones! I know, I’m jealous too.

While working on Curious George, Frans noticed that I had purchased a poster of Chuck Jones and he pointed to that poster saying “He was alot of fun to work with” and … well.. my chaw topped to the ground.

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November 29, 2007

leticia

The list has some awesome names, but don’t forget Jan Svankmajer!

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December 2, 2007

Jason From Oregon

Just a quick note to those who may have requested Brad Bird. There is another Podcast that did an interview with him in January 2007. It isn’t as high quality as this Podcast but still a good interview.

You’ll find their newly posted versions of their podcasts at
http://www.splinedoctors.blogspot.com/

Go down the page to the post “Re-Doctored Spline Casts” and you will find Brad Bird in the list. Or, if you have Itunes, just search for “spline cast”.

Aslo, Pixar is great in how many extra features they put on their DVDs. For those who want to learn more about John Lasseter and other Pixar people, getting the “special edition” DVDs is a great way to find out more. I have done this and learned a huge amount.

Till later,

Jason

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December 4, 2007

Dan Siciliano

Clay, I have a wonderful suggestion.

I watched “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and I looked up on line who did the show. I was wondering if you could do Arthur Rankin Jr., who also did “Frosty”, “Santa Clause is Coming to Town”, “The Little Drummer Boy” and many others and you and I grew up watching them. Maybe this year, or next year, think of the interview as a “holiday interview”.

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December 11, 2007

Joel

Hey Clay! Great Podcast!

Ralph Bakshi would also be a very interesting guy to interview… if you dare… 😉 after all i heard from the Dale Baer Podcast, he is not a very even tempered man.

Thanks again and keep it up!

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December 27, 2007

Geoffrey

Sylvain Chomet! Triplettes de Belleville rocked just real hard. Plus, he speaks English! Bonus! Exclamation point!

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January 4, 2008

KI

Oh there’s one more….
Bruce W. Smith?

Familiar with him?
Supervising Animator for Kerchak in Tarzan, Pacha in Emperor’s New Groove….now working on The Princess and the Frog.

I heard he was at Baer Animation during Roger Rabbit.

Forgive me for saying but he might add a little *ahem*, “diversity” to our already great list above, as well as little perspective on how the mosaic of animator’s faces have changed since the old Disney days.

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January 4, 2008

Dan Siciliano

KI, beautiful idea! You know, Clay worked with Bruce on “The Emperor’s New Groove”.

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January 29, 2008

Morris

It would be great to hear from some clean-up artists, who never receive the attention they deserve..like Vera Lanpher, Bill Berg or Renee Holt to name a few.

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February 11, 2008

Erik

I will add Michael Belzer to the list.

He worked as a stop motion animator on “The Nightmare Before Christmas” among other productions and more recently was a supervising animator on “Meet the Robinsons”. I’m curious what he would have to say about jumping from traditional 3D to CG.

To support emma’s suggestion about Muppet performers, perhaps Karen Prell would be willing to participate. Not only has she worked on a long list of Muppet productions (Red Fraggle) but also has animated for Pixar, DNA, and Tippett Studios.

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February 13, 2008

Dave

Jim Hull

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March 1, 2008

KI

Hey Clay…!

We are all sure of how busy you are, so I feel a bit guilty continually throwing requests and wishes your way—

But one name came to me today that made me realize how few of the precious “old timers” we have left.

Are you familiar with BILL MELENDEZ?? He was the supervising animator and director of all the Peanuts (Charlie Brown, Snoopy) animated specials and series back in the day. (far as I know, no one has done a full Peanuts animated project since him)

He’s not one of the “9 Old Men” but he did work on Bambi, Fantasia, and Dumbo—-I am sure he’s got a TON of stories about working at Disney and in animation in general back in the day.

American Masters did a sort of “definitive” documentary on Charles Schulz last year and Bill Melendez was interviewed in it….so I know he’s still “up and about” even though he’s only a couple years younger than Ollie Johnston…

anyway, I think Bill is a bit unique and would make a fantastic person to interview. Something to think about!

Thanks a lot Clay!

KI

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March 3, 2008

Brad

How about Dave Pruiksma? Just my two cents, cause I am totally satisfied with ALL of the people you’ve had so far =) I’m just throwin it out there =P

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March 5, 2008

Marvin Estropia

I think Dan Wagner from Dreamworks would also be an interesting animator for this awesome podcast.We worked together way back in the early 90’s on a christmas special straight to DVD show .His animations
really stand out all the time from the rest simply because its got this feature quality to it .I was thrilled to know that Dan and James Baxter
were in the same office at one time at Dreamworks.

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March 9, 2008

Vic

i cant believe JOHN LASSETER isnt on the list.

please please please have him on this show…

also pete docter.

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March 10, 2008

KO

Hey Clay,
Great job with the podcast.Cant get enough.
Dave Spafford is always interesting to talk with.I also second Dave with the great Jim Hull.

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March 11, 2008

simon

dejas said he’d do an interview about the nine old men, you should take him up on that.
Bluth and bakshi would both be awesome too. awesome site, thanks for the hard work.

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March 12, 2008

Ciaran

Peter Sohn!
The guy works at almost every level of a film in Pixar. Story, design, boarding, animation..

Also, Lou Romano.

Either of those two would be amazing.

The latest Baxter podcast is excellent. It’s great to hear someone talk about the meat of what they do and discuss how they do it rather than just hearing their history, where they went to college, who was in their class etc..
Looking forward to part three.

..just thought of Nate Wragg, Teddy Newton, Scott Morse and Harley Jessup.

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March 12, 2008

Geoffrey

Ruben Procopio as well!

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March 13, 2008

JW

Terry Gilliam from Monty Python would be interesting to hear in an interview.

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April 7, 2008

Hugo

That’s a pretty comprehensive list there.

If I were to add one, it would be for an interview with Tony Fucile. Im a pretty big fan of his work.

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April 23, 2008

Joe

What about Hayao Myazaki!!!

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April 25, 2008

Teresa

You’ll have to remove Ollie Johnston from the list since he’s now passed away 🙁
I agree with Joe, Hayao Miyazaki would be a cool interview 😀

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May 12, 2008

Arezou

Hi Clay,
Thank you sooo much for these great podcasts…awesome!
I’d like to add “Ellen Woodbury” & “Bret Parker” to the list!
You said that you are “trying to have at least one woman within the first 30 shows” so here you go… 🙂

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May 26, 2008

Gregory

Is it too late to request Shawn Keller?

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May 28, 2008

Nick

Clay, you must do everything in your power, may it be the movement of heaven and earth, to chat with Sergio Pablos sometime. If not, it would be awesome if you interviewed yourself. You know, actually pose yourself questions and answer yourself. Awesome work, thanks for giving us your time.

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June 2, 2008

Mike

Two of my favorites at the moment who I’d like to see interviewed are Michael Sporn and Caroline Leaf.

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June 4, 2008

Bruce B. Heller

Ed Gombert, Francis Glebas, Nancy Beiman, Seth McFarlane, Duncan Marjoribanks, Pete Docter, Darryl Van Citters, Ash Brannon, Chris Buck, Frederic Back, Bruno Bozzetto, Will Vinton, Nick Park, Brothers Quay, Don Hahn, John Canemaker…

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June 22, 2008

Sully

John Canemaker

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July 8, 2008

Alex

Tony Fucile is a great designer and terrific animator. But you can hardly find any interviews with him. Please, he’s a huge inspiration.

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August 4, 2008

Morten Enevoldsen

I was in Annecy this year and was fortunate enough to see a lecture with Doug Sweetland directed Presto. He a great animator and really had some great tips and filosofies that could benifit all animators and animation geeks

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August 6, 2008

Tony W.

John Kricfalusi I’d imagine would have a lot to say about animation. His blog is fantastic: http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/

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August 6, 2008

Clay

Thanks for all the suggestions! I’ve updated the list.

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August 29, 2008

Martin W

hey,

As already said. —Chris Sanders— would be great!

and another one: —Thom Enriquez—

anything Ive seen by this guy is so exquisit! really good (storyboard-) Artist!

cheers!
m!

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September 8, 2008

C. Siemens

He’s not an animator but has worked on animated features for years as a character designer: Harald Siepermann.

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September 23, 2008

Rey SK

Hey Clay,

Stephen Silver would be great, too! He¬¥s an awesome Character Designer!

Thanks for the great, great podcast!

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October 1, 2008

Tim Moen

CLAY!
(thanks for the show). Of course, there are a tons of names up there, but here’s another one for good measure:

Shane Prigmore.

I’m sure you know this, but he animated on the Iron Giant and others and has done character design for some animated movies as well, like curious george. I work as a character designer currently and think he would be a great person to interview. But pretty much anyone on the list would be awesome.

-tim
-ps. i second a vote ducan marjoribanks and bruce timm

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October 12, 2008

Dan Siciliano

What about Walt Peregoy? He’s a legend! He worked on “Sleeping Beauty”, “101 Dalmatians”, “Sword in the Stone”, others. I saw him speak on the 101 Dalmatians DVD.

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November 20, 2008

Chris Boyd

How about Mark Andrews? Great story guy and director at Pixar.

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November 28, 2008

Dan Siciliano

Why don’t you interview Mark Walton, story guy and the guy who voiced your character, Rhino.

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January 27, 2009

Larry V

I’d like to hear an interview with Jason Ryan. I’m currently going through his online training, and I know he used to work for Disney. Eamonn Butler also mentioned him a couple of times in in his interview, and I know Jason has an extensive background in 2D as well as 3D, it be interesting to hear his take on animation and the industry.

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February 11, 2009

Darrell

I am also going though Jason Ryan’s course work… and he is amazing! Would love to see him on here especially with the work he has done and the workflow he uses, plus he is a great guy! Vote Jason Ryan!!

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February 20, 2009

Andy Leeke

Ed Hooks would be a great guest, hes an acting coach thats worked with lots of big studios. hes a great guy, always inspirational to listen to.

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March 4, 2009

Mark Pudleiner

I’d love for you to go up and visit the NFB { National Film Board of Canada } and talk with several of the directors.

Hope all is good with you and Monica.
-m

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March 17, 2009

Shannon

Hi, Clay. I have a guest suggestion for you.

I think it would be interesting to have an interview with Lisa Keene. Her name is one that always pops up for some reason whether I’m watching or reading about Disney films. I’ve seen her name on Lion King and Enchanted, and when I researched her name, I see she’s worked on several of the modern Disney films, and is currently working on the upcoming Rapunzel (Is that correct?)

I was also interested in her because she works primarily in the design aspect of animation: character design, backgrounds, and art direction, which is a part of animation I love to hear about. Disney has a great tradition of wonderful background and design artists, such as Mary Blair, Eyvind Earle, and Tyrus Wong, and it would be nice to hear from someone currently working with the company.

And not that this matters, but she is a female artist. I notice several of your other listeners have asked you about having a female guest. I think Lisa Keene would be a good start. 🙂

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March 26, 2009

Mike Ryan

Hi Clay,

Thanks for the awesome podcast! This is a wonderful resource. Here are several others that might be good interviews:

– Victor Navone
– John Kahrs
– Leslie Iwerks
– Chris Williams
– Nathan Greno
– Byron Howard
– Dean Wellins
– Dave Vallone

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March 31, 2009

Jonathan Coit

Hey Clay,

I would love if you could talk with Bob Jaques who was a TV animator on Ren and Stimpy when it first started.

Also, Nancy Beiman is an instructor at Sheridan now and I am sure she has lots to say on the podcast!

Thanks for all of the hard work.

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April 21, 2009

omar elhindi

you should interview joe haidar,
hes my cousin and came up with the idea for hercules

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April 23, 2009

Ellen Ault

Dave Smith – The Chief Disney Archivist! I love learning about the early days and the work, who could know better!

I saw you have John Canemaker which would be great, but also how about Leonard Maltin? I just love the history of animation!

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June 26, 2009

Mats Andren

Ill second Sergio Pablos!
and I would say NOT Maltin or archivists, theorists and people who are too far removed from the actual animation. I mean I wouldnt mind, but I realise that Clay has limited time and I would prefer to focus on the actual artists and people that we basically cant hear anywhere else.
ps. and I hope youre just taking a well-deserved holiday and will do more podcasts in the future! because youre really great at it. =D thanks for everything!
xxx

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July 11, 2009

Spongebob Squarepants

Like to watch Stargate Atlantis episodes and also Lost. I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

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October 7, 2009

Trason

I am not very good with names. So I can’t really think of many. But Andrew Stanton I think really deserves to be on the list at least.

Thanks for the Podcast. I said this before, but I am not a animator nor am I really looking into becoming one. But, I am VERY interested in story and Character development. Many of the people you have interviewed know what they are saying when it comes to those two things. How GREAT is it that we are able to learn from the best of the best?

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October 9, 2009

Rebecca 4th

Aurian Redson!! Hehehe!! It’d be cool to get more storyboard artists on the podcast! Or Jeremy Birn, I love his lighting website, and I’d love to hear an interview!!

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October 18, 2009

Mahesh

Clay Kaytis!

It will be awesome , i would love to hear your interview ..:)

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October 20, 2009

Paige

Hi Clay,

I was wondering if it would be possible for you to interview some 2D effects animators. They are very good at what they do, but they don’t get the attention they deserve. One person I know of who is particularly good is Troy A. Gustafson, who was an effects animator/supervisor for movies like Pocahontas, The Lion King, Mulan, and Brother Bear. Perhaps he would be a good candidate?

Thank you so much for all you do for us animators!
-Paige
St. Simons Island, GA

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October 27, 2009

Sam

One thing I’ve noticed about the interviews you’ve done so far is that all the people you’ve interviewed live in the United States. There are plenty of legends who live in different countries, so you shouldn’t really limit yourself to who’s in the US. I’m not saying that you should go around the world, but when you have the chance, tour a country and interview some animators that live there. For example, you could fly to England and interview animators such as Nick Park and Richard Williams. Just a suggestion.

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November 27, 2009

Mark

Hey Clay!

I CAN’T believe Roy Disney isn’t up there on the list!

Tim Burton would be difficult to get on the show, but YES YES YES!

I second that idea for somebody sitting you down and getting an interview from you. You say you’ve worked no where but Disney animation and suggest you don’t have a whole lot to discuss about your past… but everybody has a tonne of info to give once the wheels start turning. You’re rather young, so perhaps focus on what you’ve learned from your beginning years up until now…. for all us students.

Infamous for his cold and blunt opinions of television, feature films and there questionable story creation process… JOHN K’s voice made loud and clear could benefit everyone in the animation world.

Provided he doesn’t flood an interview with propaganda, Jeffrey Katzenberg could be interesting.

Lastly, some members of the Disney family, if possible…. for a more intimate touch and some insight on Walt himself.

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February 18, 2010

Andrew Cothill

Hello Clay,

Firstly, thanks for the interviews. I’m a student who’s getting bogged down in study and listening to your podcast helps keep my mind on the bigger picture.

I was just lucky enough to have a workshop with Ed Hooks the other week and thought he would make and excellent interview. What i managed to grasp from the time with him completey changed my approach to animation and subsequently, how I’m now shaping my eduaction to incorporate the Why’s as well as the How’s.

I think it would be an invaluable addition, especially to other students and those at the start of their careers.

Anyway, rant over…

Again thanks for your time and energy – we all owe you a lot.

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May 10, 2010

Ed

As someone else mentioned, it’d be great to have an interview with yourself.

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June 2, 2010

Spongebob T shirt

I can’t belive that you created all the job to share this! Awesome. With no Bloggers like you, we would by no means get so great information’s!

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June 9, 2010

Calle Halldin

there’s one person that’s not on your list that i would like you to interview . jeff gabor , he’s a awesome animator from blue sky.

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July 3, 2010

Paul Badilla

John Kricfalusi would be great!

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July 19, 2010

Pablo (pabs)

Go for Jason Ryan, no doubt!! Hes would be awesome having him here!! And lila ornara said, he os a really great guy! Cheers from Argentina!!

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September 16, 2010

Scott

An interview by you with Ralph Eggleston, director and production designer at Pixar would be great! Keep up the great work.

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December 2, 2010

Dan Siciliano

Maybe you could have an interview with Mel Shaw. The great story man-concept artist on “Bambi”, “Rescuers, “Beauty and the Beast” and the project I wished that could’ve been made called “Musicana”. It would’ve been a modern version of “Fantasia”. I bet he has a lot of stories about his work and of “Musicana”. If you want to know about “Musicana”, buy the “Fantasia/Fantasia 2000” DVD or Bluray disc. It’ll be beautiful, believe me.

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December 5, 2010

Stefano

I also vote for Jason Ryan. He’s built quite a reputation among AM students and I’d love to hear you interview him.

Great stuff you have here Clay, I hope you’ll have enough time to keep up with it.

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December 6, 2010

Chris Powell

It would be greatly appreciated if there was an interview with French Illustrator/Animator, Sylvain Marc. His work from Gobelins and his personal artwork have all been a big inspiration for me as an aspiring artist.

His blogsite is http://polyminthe.blogspot.com/

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January 2, 2011

Nicky

Hey Clay!

I see that Don Hahn is on the list which is a definite yes (anyone associated with Beauty and the beast is brilliant in my opinion)

Some of the character/story/animation guys from Naughty Dog would be good. Not just to hear about animation from a different perspective but also because the work they did with the first two Uncharted games (and hopefully again on the 3rd game) is unbelievably good and to get a more in depth interview would be awesome!
-x-

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May 15, 2011

Grayson Ponti

If I were to pick anyone it would be Duncan Marjoribanks but I know he’s very shy. I could see Mark Henn, Randy Haycock, Mike Surrey, and Ruben Aquino being great.

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June 11, 2011

Simmon Keith Barney

It looks most of my animation heroes are already listed here. Though, after a year and a half on hiatus, I think the majority of your listeners would be happy for an interview with just about anybody.

Here’s hoping your schedule becomes a little less pinched and allows a little more time to spare. In the meantime, I guess we’ll just have to tide ourselves over with some of the *other* animation-related podcasts:

http://cxapeloj.blogspot.com/2011/05/animation-talk-radio.html

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